End piece for wheel-spokes.



BRANINGHA'M. E-ND PIECEA FDR WHEELYSPOKESQ (Application filed May 10, 1901;)

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GUY s. BRANTINGHAM, or NEW YORK, N. Y..-

ENHDy PIECE FOR WHEEL-SPOKE'S. i

SPECIFECATXON forming part of Letters Patent N o. 692,821, .dated February 1 1, 1902. AApplication insanity 1o, ,1901. Serin mettez. (No atan f To all whom a' may cartoleria:

- Be it known that I, GUYS. BRANTINGHAM, a Citizen of the United States, residing in New York city, in thecounty of Richmond and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsA in EndPiecesfor Wheel-Spokes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wheel construction, and has for lan object to provide simple and eective means for securing `in place the spokes of a wheel.

In the drawings accompanying the present.v

specification and wherein there is set forth an embodiment of my present invention, Figure lis a View of a wheel the spokes of which are connectedto the wheel-hub by devices embodying the present improvements.' AFig. 2 is anview., upon a somewhat larger scale, of a portion of a Wheel-hub, showing a number of spokes connected thereto according to my present invention. Fig.'3 is a similar view of a modified construction. Fig. 4 is a perspective4 View showing an end piece for a wheel-spoke constructed according to myprescnt invention and a'portion of a spoke Withdrawn from the position in which it engages therewith.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Owing to shrinkage and other causes, as

wheels are customarily constructed consid-Y erable looseness eventually results at the tenon portions of the spokes, giving rise to the rattling or shaking of the spoke-tenen in its socket. This looseness is prevented to a very large extent from occurring and a simple means provided for the ready and expeditious attachment of a spoke in place by combining with the spoke an end piece constructed according to my present invention. This end piece is preferably made of some durable material resistant to atmospheric changes-such, for instance, as brass, composition, or other non-corrosiveand appropriate material. l

Theinvention consists in an end piece (designated in a general way by B) formed from material of this nature and having an appropriate tenonb adapted to tit into its receiving-socket, here shown as being in the wheelhub C, which may be of Wood OrmetaI, -The end piece is connected to the wheel-spoke 2 in Asomeeiective and appropriate manner.

Thus, for instance, the connection. between the'end piece and the spoke may be a n10rtise.

and-tenen one comprising a mortise orsocket 3, formed in the end piece, to' which is fitted a tenon 4., rformed on 'the end of the` Spoke.

lVhen slid or othewise inserted in place, the 6.o

parts maybe secured one to the otherA inany desired and proper manner,as hereiu shown a screw 5 passing thrpugh the end wall of the socket on the end piece into the tenori portion ofthe spoke, although, of course, other ways may be employed for securing each individ-A ual end piece or the entire series of the same to the respective spokes.` The tenon on the end piece is shown of the`usualconstruction-L that is, it is furnished with shoulders 6 6, act- 7o ing as stops to-determine the assembled posig tion of the parts. p It may be desired `under some circumstances, especially in a Wheel ot' heavy construction, to mutually support the end pieces one against the other, and for this purpose the end pieces may be made of sufficient dimensions to enable their faces to contact one face on an end piece against the opposite face Y on a contiguous end piece, as shown particu- 8o larly in Fig. 3. y

A wheel provided with spokes having separate and durable end pieces' for their attachment is rendered less liable to rattle and work loose, and therefore is stronger than one in which the tenon portions of the spoke are formed integrally with the spokes, by reason of the fact that the end pieces are practically unacted upon by weather and climatic changes. v means facilitating the replacement of a defective or broken spoke by a new one, especially when the socket in the end piece is made with an end wall,l whereby the tenon portion of thel spoke may be readily slid into position from the side of the wheel, as indicated in Fig. 4.

Having described my invention, I claiml. A spoke having in combination an end piece provided with a projecting tenori for roo This construction affords, also, 9o

holding the spoke in the Wheel-hub, said tenon having side shoulders impinging against the exterior of said hub.

2. A spoke having in combination an end 5 piece made of resistant and durable material and provided with a projecting tenon for4 ing the spoke in the Wheel-hub, and means for securing the spoke to a side wall of the end piece.

4. The combination of a spoke and an end piece to which the spoke is mortised, the end piece having a projecting tenou for holding the spoke in the wheel-hub, and also having side shoulders im pinging against the exterior of said hub.

The combination of a spoke, au end piece provided with Walls on three sides and open on the fourth side whereby the end piece may be fitted to the spoke by sliding the two together transversely to the'axis of the spoke, and a fastening device extending through a wall of the end piece and into the spoke for securing the two together.

G. The combination with a plurality of Spokes, of end pieces each provided with walls on three sides but open on the fourth side, said end pieces being secured to the respective spokes and contacting one with the other and mutually supporting each other when in place, and having projecting tenons for holding the spokes in place.

7. The combination with a plurality of spokes, of end pieces each provided with walls on three sides but open on the fourth side, said end pieces being secured to the respective spokes and contacting one with the other and mutually supporting each other when in place, fastening devices which pass through the Walls of the respective end pieces and into the corresponding spokes for securing the parts together, and tenons upon the end pieces for holding the spokes in place.

8. The combination of a spoke provided with a tenon, an end piece having an undercut mortise for receiving the tenon of the spoke and which is open on one of its four sides, means for securing the spoke to the end piece, and a tenon on`the end piece for holding the spoke in place.

9. The combination of a spoke provided with a tenon, an end piece having a mortse open upon one of its four sides for receiving the tenon of the spoke, a screw passing through a wall of the lnortise for securing the spoke and the end piece together, and a tenon on the end piece for holding the spoke in place.

GUY S. BRANTINGHAM.

VVituesses:

FRED. J. DOLE, C. E. Voss. 

